Highland Park Fourth Graders Become Nature Explorers and See Their Home in a Different Way with the Help of SCLT Pocket Guides

2025-08-26T14:28:38-06:00July 28th, 2025|Community, Community Initiatives, Learn Outdoors, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

What happens when you mix curious fourth graders, a love of nature, and a little inspiration from summer adventures? You get a classroom full of budding naturalists, eyes wide with wonder, creating field guides to explore the nature right [...]

Fighting Invasive Grasses: How SCLT Is Restoring Native Habitat at BGNA

2025-07-10T07:17:45-06:00July 10th, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Conservation|

Invasive annual grasses like ventenata and cheatgrass have become a serious threat to the health of grasslands across Sheridan County. At the SCLT Big Goose Natural Area (BGNA), we’re taking action to restore native vegetation and steward the land [...]

Opening the Bighorns to All: Expanding Recreation Opportunities on SCLT’s Trails

2025-07-01T12:17:35-06:00July 1st, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Community, Community Initiatives, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

At SCLT, “expanding recreation opportunities” isn’t just a motto—it’s written into our mission. But how do you take the challenging terrain of the Bighorn Mountains and make something accessible and enjoyable to nearly everyone? Thanks to a generous grant [...]

New Trails Open to Help You Go From The Base to Bear Gulch at Red Grade Trails

2025-06-26T12:42:22-06:00June 26th, 2025|Hiking, Recent News, Recreation, Trails|

Summer is here, and so are two brand-new trails ready for you to explore at Sheridan Community Land Trust’s Red Grade Trails! Fire Up is now open as a bidirectional hiking and biking trail, and Upper Drifter is a scenic [...]

Casting for a Better Big Goose: $15,000 Gift from Powder River Basin Trout Unlimited to Boost Stream Health at SCLT Big Goose Natural Area

2025-06-19T13:52:54-06:00June 19th, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Community Initiatives, Conservation, Recreation, Water|

The riffles, runs, and pools of Big Goose Creek just got a little clearer—and the future a whole lot brighter—thanks to a generous $15,000 grant from the Powder River Basin Trout Unlimited Chapter to the Sheridan Community Land Trust [...]

Paul Lobdell and Lincoln Robbins serving as SCLT’s conservation and recreation interns

2025-06-17T09:23:27-06:00June 17th, 2025|Recent News|

SCLT is excited to welcome Paul Lobdell and Lincoln Robbins to the team as this season’s conservation and recreation interns. Paul will be a senior at Big Horn High School this fall, while Lincoln will be a senior at Sheridan [...]

See the landscape transform before your eyes at the Big Goose Natural Area!

2025-06-11T07:43:48-06:00June 10th, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Community Initiatives, Conservation|

Our Chronolog station (site SLT301) captures photos from community members like you, creating a stunning seasonal timelapse of native grassland health, cattle grazing patterns, and how we manage invasive species. Each photo you take from the station helps paint [...]

SCLT Spring Newsletter is now available

2025-05-29T09:22:22-06:00May 29th, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Community, Community Initiatives, Conservation, Historic Preservation, Recent News, Recreation, Volunteering|

The SCLT Spring Newsletter has made its way to many mailboxes in recent days. It's filled with exciting and inspiring stories about how people like you have connected people to land and history in Sheridan County! You will learn [...]

Clearing the way for wildlife and grasses at the Big Goose Natural Area

2025-05-27T16:14:44-06:00May 27th, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Conservation|

At Big Goose Natural Area (BGNA), SCLT is working hard to restore the land to its natural glory—by removing junipers that are crowding out native grasses and wildlife. “Across the West, unchecked juniper growth is hurting native ecosystems,” explained [...]

Unshackling Wyoming’s waterways with floater-friendly fence

2025-06-30T14:18:54-06:00May 21st, 2025|Big Goose Natural Area, Fencing, Recreation, Trails, Water|

On a wintery Friday afternoon, Sheridan Community Land Trust Recreation Program Manager Jared Koenig sat tinkering with his latest creation – a contraption made of steel and bolts that form an articulating jaw that looks like it could nip [...]

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